Land Use Data for Latitude 15.25 Longitude -88.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Cerro Azul Copan-Quebrada Grande and surrounding areas Cerro Azul de Copán National Park Sierra Carral |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Crops
BananasBananas (also in forestry plantations)
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Growing Period (days)
300 to 329Soil Types
AcrisolsCambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
30 to 4040 to 50
Agricultural use data provided by LADA, 2008. "Mapping Land Use Systems at global and regional scales for Land Degradation Assessment Analysis. Version 1.0" Nachtergaele F. & Petri M.
Mineral extraction data provided by USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), downloaded June 2, 2010.
